Once upon a time there was a struggling young California band. Its music was too loud and its image too unpolished for MTV. Its social and political messages were a little too disturbing for radio. But it built a passionate following among underground-rock fans by touring relentlessly, staying true to its message and encouraging fans to record its live shows and distribute bootlegged tapes as w...

been my teacher, collaborator, and friend. He is an iconoclastic thinker, a passionate and persistent scholar, and a warm human being. He is one of only two members of the International Institute of Forecasters (IIF) who has attended every single International Symposium on Forecasting. His contributions to the Institute, the two journals, several popular websites and the fields of forecasting a...

Excellent human resources in the organization are seen as principal capital for company to improve company’s role, function, and competitiveness facing developments changes both internally externally. Companies with high-stress levels need superior employees that motivated, passionate about work loyal organization. These needs can refer characteristics of who engaged their work. However, there ...

Abstract Passionate employees are essential for organisational success as they foster higher performance and exhibit lower turnover or absenteeism. While a large body of research has investigated the consequences passion, we know only little about its antecedents. Integrating trait interaction theory with activation theory, this paper examines how personality traits, i.e. conscientiousness, agr...

This special issue is dedicated to the late Annette Karmiloff-Smith, a passionate and far-sighted thinker and scientist whose ground-breaking work helped give the nascent field of developmental cognitive neuroscience onto solid, theoretical grounding. Annette's life and work has had true impact, and touched and inspired many. Annette was a pioneer, an inspiration and a wonderful role model, and...